Vibration damping assembly and material



Oct. 13, 1936. w. R. sElGLE 2,057,251

VIBRATION DAMPING ASSEMBLY AND MATERIAL Filed March 15, 1935v llillnlhlllllllllmll I! INVENTOR. I/Vllm R..Je1`gle.

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Patented Oct. 13, 1936 UNITED STATESA incessants .mn Tamm. y,

`William Seigle," Mamaroneck, N. signor to Johns-Manville Gorporation, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York 'Application March 13, 1935, semi No. 10,958

` 6 Claims. (Cl. 1574-44) This invention relates to a vibration-damped structure and to damping material adapted for There is extensive use of vibration-damping material in the industries using sheet metal." `Such material is applied to concealed surfaces of metal furniture, to eliminate the tinny sound I ordinarily emitted when'the furniture is struck or a drawer or door thereof is closed. Likewise, dampingmaterial is applied to the interior of sheet metal automobile bodies, to eliminate the rumbling sound frequently developed at high' speeds.y

It `has been customary, heretofore, to eilect the damping by the application to the vibratile object of special felts or of a spraying composition including asphalt and particles of lightweight bulk-adding filler, such as ground cork.

It is expensive and frequently inconvenient `to apply a felt of adequate weight, thickness, or area or a suflicient mass of a spray composition of low density. Furthermore, there is the objection to the spray composition that the iinal layer is not preformed and, as applied with solvents, say to` an'automobile body, must be thoroughly dried in order to avoid excessive bleeding or spotting of upholstery cloth applied over the inside of the vibration-damping material. V

The present invention comprises means of overcoming disadvantages of previously known vibration-damping materials and assemblies. For instance, the present invention comprises a vibration-damping `material of the spray or continuous fluid type,` but of high internal friction and density,.preapplied to a felt, to give a preformed combination that is very effective and adapted to be applied to a vibratile object by a simple cementing operation. The invention comprises, also, felt including dense mass-adding particles dispersed throughout the felt, with preservation of the yieldability of the felt and with increased effectiveness in damping, due to the increased mass or density. Other objects and advantages of the invention will be evident from the following description and appended claims.

'I'he invention will be illustrated by description ,in connection with the attached drawing in which Fig. 1 shows a plan view of a preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 shows a cross sectional view of a modied form of assembly;

Fig. 3 shows a cross sectional view of a vibran higher.

tion-damped assembly including an improved form of damping felt; and y Fig. 4, shows a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. I.

In the various figures like reference characters 5 y denote like parts.

There are shown a vibratile object I0, such as a sheet metal panel of an automobile or metal desk, a layer II of felt vadhered to the panel, and a layer I2 of vibration-damping ma- 10 terial adhered to the said felt.

When vibrating,pthe object I0 will have varying amplitudes of vibration at various positions throughout the object, the amplitude being greatest at antinodal positions. To reduce the 15 amount of vibration-damping material required, the combination of the damping members I I and I2 may be so placed, with respect to the object Ill, that the center of gravity of the combination of damping materials lies approximately over the normal position of greatest amplitude of vibration oi' the said object, the word normal referring to the condition obtainingV when the object is allowed to vibrate without any damp- 1 ing material associated therewith. 25

'I'he felt Il is yieldable and inelastic and of any suitable composition. I have'used to advantage a rag felt that is partially saturated with an impregnating material, such as asphalt, the proportion of impregnating material being such that the felt is made water and weather-re' sistant but-is substantially free from bleeding of the impregnating material therefrom at temperatures up to about 215 F. or somewhat The vibration-damping material I2 is a. nonporous composition including a huid, yieldable under vibratory impulses but of high coefficient of internal friction, such as asphalt or heavy pitch, and dense particles, for instance, of speciiic gravity equal approximately at least to that of sand. The particles are dispersed in .the fluid. They increase substantially the overall internal resistance or mass, with preservation oi' yieldability of the continuous uid medium. 45 The said particles should be largely in non-contasting relationship to each other, so that vibratory impulses imparted to the composition I2 may readily cause yielding of the lms of iluid surrounding the discrete particles.

For this composition I2, theremay be used a viscous mixture including particles of sand, granules of slate or the like and a fluid of the type of a. blown asphalt-like material. 'I'he 55 dense particles are used in large proportion, say in the proportion o! 2 to 6 parts by weight to l of the fluid.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the composition |2 is applied to the back oi the felt Il, that is, on the side oi' the felt remote from the vibratile object. 'I'he felt II, in turn, is secured to the vibratile object by a suitable non-brittle adhesive or cement (not shown). In the modiiication shown in Fig. 2, the composition. i2 is` disposed between the vibratile object and the felt II and serves as a cementing layer, ot substantial mass and thickness, adhering the felt to the object I0. 'I'he relatively thick, heavy vibration-damping layer l2, as used in Fig. 2, reduces greatly the energy o! the vibration which reaches the felt Il and minimizes, therei'ore, the tendency oi' the felt Il to' become dislodged, even after long-continued vibration oi' the vibratile object. At the same time, the felt Il, applied over the exposed face of the composition i2, serves to stiften the composition and to minimize bleeding' thereof, as by absorption into the felt of any excess of iluent ingredient that may appear on the surface during long use of the said composition.,

To obtain a similar effect of increased mass, with preservation of yieldability and non-bleeding tendencies, the vibration-damping sheet shown in Fig. 3 may be used. 'I'his consists oi a suitable felt including ilbrous material and dense particles i3 such as sand or slate, ernbedded in discrete manner in the felt, preferably substantially uniformly therethroughout. Thus, the felt may be one made by a method comprising the suspending of dense fine particles of sand or the like with ilbres, as in a paper beater or paper stock mixing tank, and quickly felting the mixture on a paper machine, before the sand has an opportunity to separate largely from the bres. The result is a felted product in which the dispersed dense particles'add substantially to the mass and make more diiiicult the overall displacement of the product when applied to a vibratile object, while preserving local yieldability, thereby giving improved vibration-damping properties.

The structures described 4are of outstanding merit. Thus, tests show that a combination as shown in Fig. 1 having an area oi.' i'elt of 360 square inches and an area oi the plastic compovsition IZ of square inches, making a total of 540 square inches, applied over the normal position of maximum vibration of a vibratile sheet metal, is more eiective than 616 square inches of the felt alone, applied in single thickness to the panel. Furthermore, the plastic composition large proportion of dense particles dispersed in non-contacting relationship in the said iluid.

2. A vibration-damped structure including a vibratile object. a yieldable and inelastic i'elt adhered to the said object. and a non-porous layer of vibration-damping material continuously adhered to the side of the felt remote from the vibratile object, the said vibration-damping material including a iluid of high internal friction and a large proportion oi dense particles dispersed in non-contacting relationship in the said fluid.

3. A vibration-damped structure including a vibratile object, a yieldable and inelastic felt, and a non-porous cementing layer of vibrationdamping material oi substantial thickness and mass adhering the felt to the said vibratile object, the said vibration-damping material including a uid of high internal friction and a large proportion of dense particles dispersed in :non-contacting relationship in the said iiuid.

4. A vibration-damped structure comprising a vibratile object and a damping sheet adhered thereto, the said sheet including felted bres and dense particles dispersed, in discrete form, throughout the felt and between the fibres, whereby the yieldability of the sheet is preserved and the mass thereof is substantially increased.

5. A vibration-damping yieldable sheet including felted ilbres and dense particles dispersed throughout the sheet and held, in non-contacting relationship to each other, by the said fibres, whereby the yieldability ot the sheet is preserved and the mass thereof is increased.

6. An article of manufacture for use in damping vibrations of a vibratile object comprising a yieldable and inelastic felt and a layer oi vibration-damping material adhered to the i'elt, the said material including a fluid of high internal friction and a large proportion oi dense particles dispersed in non-contacting relationship in the said fluid.

WILLIAM R. SEIGLE. 

